The growing concern for sustainability in agri-food systems and the parallel decrease number of people engaged agriculture, especially Global North, is starting to draw attention new entrant farmers from non-farming backgrounds (“newcomer” farmers). Newcomers, however, if interested sustainable face considerable barriers entry, their support needs are often not adequately met by conventional ag...

How do newcomers gain access to learning opportunities when they are denied practice? Changes in the nature of work, such as labour outsourcing and technological advancements, have created challenges for learn. They may be more easily relegated low-level repetitive tasks, scutwork. In these situations, newcomers’ ambiguous position learners can limit participation practices needed progress thei...

Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we contribute to the behavioral ethics literature by examining how and why organizational socialization processes can affect newcomers’ adoption unethical behaviors. Specifically, contend that quality peer coaching (i.e., providing newcomers with job-related guidance social support) provides enhanced self-resources diminishes emotional exhaustion thu...

Previous research has tended to focus on general best practices for onboarding organizational newcomers. In this study, we shift the conversation instead address question: whom are certain socialization tactics more or less beneficial? Whereas institutionalized provide considerable structure intended reduce uncertainty and help newcomers adjust, is known about whether how individual psychologic...

The mechanism of glucose-induced biphasic insulin release is unknown. We used total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) imaging analysis to reveal the process of first- and second-phase insulin exocytosis in pancreatic beta cells. This analysis showed that previously docked insulin granules fused at the site of syntaxin (Synt)1A clusters during the first phase; however, the newcomers fused ...

I present the case ofone reborn rural community populated by former urbanites. What lifestyle and values do these newcomers seek? In what ways do they locate or construct these values? In this study, a small private school provides the vehicle for adults and children to construct, communicate, and enact their idealized identities. The school provides a physical and imagined place where newcomer...

Trust and reputation systems are widely adopted to help online consumers choose trustworthy suppliers. One problem is that consumers are only attracted by high-reputation holders, which disadvantages the newcomers entering the market, even they provide better goods or services. In this paper, we propose an online supplier selection model in which online consumers interact with a web institution...